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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1951
Page
6
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The report notes the weekend and Wednesday nearly matched the year’s longest day with identical sunrise and sunset times at the airport station. It forecasts continued long evenings and diminishing mornings, with highs around 66 degrees and overnight low near 30s, repeating today. Weekend outlook calls for partly cloudy skies, warm temperatures, and scattered afternoon thundershowers across West Virginia through June 27.
William Blythe aged 18 of 2518 Piedmont Road was put on five years probation by Intermediate Judge William J. Thompson for breaking and entering. Blythe had pleaded guilty to breaking into Wilson Radio Distributing Co at 220 Washington Street East.
Washington June 22 lawmakers introduced a bill to authorize a 20 million dollar Air Force Academy with a commission to select a permanent site and allow a temporary location. The plan backs using existing installations or a leased civilian site and outlines 10 million for land and planning and up to 16.6 million for temporary construction.
Washington reports a drastic new cut in steel supplies ordered for refrigerators radios and other appliances asMobilization Chief Wilson warned failure to extend economic controls will stall the defense program The National Production Authority directed furniture makers and a wide range of consumer goods in the appliance holding to reduce their steel use another 10 percent in July
The Youth Fellowship of Blas Chapel Methodist Church Pocataligo sponsors a hot dog supper from 5 to 4 a.m. on church lawn. If rain occurs, the event moves to the church basement.
Allied Chemical and Bye Corp conducts salt tests on river bottom land south of Maundaville in the Ohin Valley. White Allied Chemical declines comment. Reportedly tied to a chlorine plant near Moundsville, Ohio Valley Corp. states.
Harley Wood of Herndon Wyoming County was fined 80 for employing four wander age children in his sawmill. Labor Commissioner Charles Sattler said Wood fled investigators and pleaded nolo contendere after his two boys and two girls, aged 10 to 13, were taken into custody by an institution.
National Republican Committee man Walter Hallanan said the party remains unfazed by a Democratic registration majority of more than two to one in the Fifth Congressional District. He urged a united effort to win the special election to fill the vacancy caused by Rep. John Kee's death as Elizabeth Kee, his widow of Bluefield, opposes Cyrus Gadd, the Republican attorney of Princeton.
The Board of Public Works finished setting the final 1951 public utility property tax assessments yesterday and will have them verified listed in the auditor's office and certified. A spokesman said figures would be announced in about two weeks.
Prague dispatch outlines a split over Reagan era policy with the Senate Banking Committee voting on survival options for a large government lending agency. The report notes no abolition, but a reorganization plan, amid broader debates on U.S. economic policy and foreign border issues.
Price quiz outlines that ground meat or hamburger on display cannot exceed 67 rents, limited to Group T6 and Zone 12S in West Virginia. An exception exists for meat ground wrapped and labeled for a specific customer. The Office of Price Stabilization will answer questions at 601 Virginia St. F, Charleston WV.
In Springfield Massachusetts a man described as a purse-snatcher grabbed a woman's purse at 2am. He took two one-dollar bills from the wallet, ate them, and then fled. Park attendants later recovered the purse and items.
Beckley WV June 22 Specters Three cabin cruisers will host Visitor's Day at Flat Top Lake. Gourse Chambers president of Flat Top Lake Assoc said residents of Charleston Huntington and Logan areas are invited to visit the 300 acre impoundment about 12 miles south of here. There will be free rides and tree fishing. The lake has been stocked with about six hundred fish including pike bass and bluegills.
Wheeling police seek two women and a man in connection with a $1,288 fur theft from the Smith Fur Shop. Three suspects entered the store yesterday, a clerk went to a back room, and seven fur pieces were hidden under clothing and taken.
A cluttered list of birth notices from Charleston and nearby towns, naming numerous families, addresses, and dates across June. Entries mention boys and girls with parents like Mr. and Mrs., various surnames, streets, and localities such as South Charleston and Albans, reflecting a community-wide roundup of newborns.
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